Hey guys an gals.... Just a quick post to explain the significance of the blocks page...
I have had a few tickets with users asking what the red/green numbers mean in the percentage column so i thought i'd post here to explain to you all.
Basically look below (this was grabbed a few minutes ago from our site)...
The percentage column indicates the time taken to find blocks on average over a given time scale. 100% is the "expected".
If the number is red, that means the we have found blocks slower than expected (or taken more time to find them than we should have done). As you can see above, our "Last 7 days" are 100.63%. so we have taken 0.63% longer than expected to find the blocks. This number is actually a very good stat as most coins always run red overall.
Now, the last 24 hours have been at 97% so we are actually finding blocks 3% faster than expected. The last hour is 13.5% faster. This means you will have earned MORE coins than you should have.
There will always be some fluctuations in these numbers for the "last hour" and to some extent the "Last 24 hours" due to variance but the longer timeframes are a TRUE reflection of the pools "Luck". It can also mean there is a config/load issue on the pool itself causing blocks to be "missed" but luck pays a part too!
If your pool is well and truly in to the red over a long period (24 hr, 7days and ESPECIALLY 12 month), consider looking around for a more profitable pool. 110-115% is fairly normal. any higher
(red) and you are really loosing some serious coinage - lower
(green) and you have found a GOOD pool - congratz!
Consider this when pools sell themselves as 0% and yet run at 130+% on the time to block page!!Hope that clears the mystery a little!
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